Type-writing machine.



No. 812,177. PATBNTED FEB. 13, 1906. E. J. BARKER.

TYPE WRITING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED 1130.19, 1904'.

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1% he 60 dfiar/zerx PATENTED FEB. 13, 1906.

B. J. BARKER. TYPE WRITING MACHINE. APPLIOATION FILED 1130.19, 1904.

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PATENTED FEB. 18, 1906.

E. J. BARKER. TYPE WRITING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED DEG.19, 1904.

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TYPE WRITING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED DEO.19, 1904.

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UNITED i sTATEs P ENT OFFICE.

' ENGLAND J. BARKER, OF MORGAN PARK, ILLINOIS.

TYPE-WFHTING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 13, 1906..

1'0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ENGLAND J. BARKER, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Morgan Park, in the county of Cook and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inType-Writing Machines, of which the following is afull, clear, and exactdescription.

My invention relates more particularly to the aper-feeding devices of atype-Writing machine; and its object is to enable the paper to be fed tothe printing mechanism thereof from a continuous paper-roll mounted on asuitable reel, which is carried by and moves with the carrier of themachine; and a further object of the invention is to supply the paperfor the manifolding of matter printed by the machine in the same mannerand to accomplish the registering and alining of both the original andmanifolded copies, as well as supplying the carbon-ribbon formanifolding from the mechanism also carried by the carrier of themachine and automatica ly actuating the said manifold carbon devices atthe end of each reciprocation of the said carrier. This I accomplish bythe means hereinafter fully described and as particularly pointed-out inthe claims.

In the drawings,,Figure 1 is a plan view of a well-known andextensively-used typewriting machine with most of the printing mechanismthereof omitted and with my improvements applied thereto. Fig. 2 is aside elevation of the same. Fi 3 is a rear elevation of thereel-supporting frame of my invention removed from the type-writingmachine.

Fig. 4 is a detail view of one of the manifolding carbon-ribbon spoolsand conjunctive devices broken away from the'machine. Fig. 5 is a detailview of said spool looking at it from underneath. Fig. 6 is a persective View of a part of the cooperating mec anism of the spool locatedat the end of the machine opposite the spool illustrated in Figs. 4 and5. Figs. 7 and 8 are diagrammatical views showing the manner ofthreading the paper through the machine.

My invention may be used in connection with any type-writing machine andmay either be incorporated as a part of a new machine or applied to anold one. The adoption or application of my improvements does not requireany change of the supportingframework A of the machine nor of theprintand-G.

ing devices X thereof, but is attached to and reci rocates with thecarrier B of the said mac he The carrier of most type-writing machines,

and particularly that of the machine to which in the drawings myinvention is shown to be ap lied, com rises a rectangular supportingrameand as an im ression-cylinder C j ournaled in the end bars t iereof,around which the paper is passed as it is written u on. This cylinder isprovided with suita le stripping or guide plates a and roller 1) forretaining the paper against and upon the cylinder, althoug 1 it will beunderstood that either or both said guide-plate and roller may bedispensed with without affecting the utility of my improvements. Inaddition to these features, however, in r invention comprises acutting-blade d, w ich consists of a flat strip of metal of a lengthcorresponding to that of the cylinder, which has pivotal lugs d d, thatare pivoted to the upper corners of the upper straight edge thereof, andit is normall kept in position over the lower portion of tileguide-plate a (but separated therefrom sufficiently to permit the paperto pass between the two) by means of s rings LP. The machine is providedwith t 1e usual inking devices for making the original imression,-Whichin the type-writer illustrated in the drawin s consists of twohorizontallydisposed spoo s c c, which are suitably journaled one on oneside and the other on the other side of the center of width of themachine between the cylinder O and the front of the machine, and thesespools roll up and unroll the inkin -ribbon E, which latter extends fromsaid rcfilers toward the cylinder and contacts with the paper on thelatter in a plane midway between the spools. In addition to this ribbonE, I. employ a ribbon F for making' the manifold impression. This ribbonF extends longitudinally in front of the cylinder in the same plane asribbon E, where it enga es the same, and its ends preferably extendeyond the ends of the carrier-frame and are wound upon the horizontalspools G Spools G and G are journaled in suitable brackets made byextending the ends of a longitudinal bar which preferably extends fromone end of t e carrier-frame to the other and is suitably fastened tothe end rails thereof. These brackets g a suitable distance beyond theends of the carrier are of the machine.

preferably bent vertically downward a suit-r able distance and thenextend horizontally and havetheir ends g bent back under said' spring h,coi ed around the s indle above. the

spool, and a nut h, screwe onto the upper screw-threaded end of saidspool, so as to 'complress said springs. as t One of these spools 0carrier a proaches the limit ofits movementtowar the end of the machineadjacent to which said s 001 is located is given a slight movement suicient to shift the manifold-ribbon slightly, so' as to present a freshportion of the same to the act1on of the type I accomplish thisintermittent movement of the said spool by means of a suitable ratchet jspindle it between the parallel portion of the crooked end which ratchetis engaged by a suitable pawl H. The pawl H at one end of the'machine ispivotally mounted upon a lever I of the second class, and one end of thelatter is fulcrumed on the s indle and the other end thereof has a trippivoted thereto. This trip J consists of a short strip of metal,preferably of the same width as the lever I, and its unsecured endprojects beond the extremity of said lever and is preferabl beveled onone side. Pawl H and trip are maintained in the normal positions shownin Fig. 5 of the drawings by means of a spring H, and when the carrieris approaching the limit of its movement in the properdirection thestraight edge of the trip J will meet the upturned end of an arm J (theoposite end of which is secured to the supportm -framework A of themachine) and moves in ependently on its pivot, so as to escape past saidarm. When, however, said carrier starts to move in the oppositedirection, said trip will engage said arm J and by means of its engaement with a sto -pin x will not vield in ependently, but wi 1 cause thelever to move with it, so that the pawl will engage the ratchet and movethe s indle and s ool thereon a short distance. Vhen it is esired tomove the manifold-ribbon in the opposite direction, the pawl H isdisengaged irom the ratchet by swinging it away from said ratchet, inwhich position the s ring engages the opposite face of the paw H, andthe movement of the carrier in'the op osite directionis utilized to turnthe spool 8, located at the op osite end of the machine.

' The spindle h o the s 001 G has its ratchet ;i en aged byfthe aw H' ata point diametrical y oppos te w ere the pawl H, used in connection withthe spindle h, engages the which 1s secured to the ratchet j. This isnecessary in order to re-' verse the direction of the intermittentmovement of the manifold-ribbon. The awl H is pivotally mounted upon thelever of the first class, which latter is fulcrumed mediate its ends onthe s indle h". the lever K o posite that to which the pawl H is pivoterit is provided with a trip k, which is constructed similar to trip J,hereinbefore referred to, and is ke t in a position in which it alineswith lever and projects beyond the extremity of the same by a suitablespring k, substantially as shown in the drawings, When the earner aproaches the limit v of its movement toward w ich the adjacent bracketextends, the end of the trip It engages the laterall -bent extremity ofan arm m and moves the ever K on its fulcrum in such direction that thepawl H engages'the ratchet j and moves the spindle h and the spool G,mounted thereon, a slight distance. After the carriage commences to movein the opposite direction the trip is when it strikes against the arm mis free to move on its pivot independently of its lever K and escapespast said arm without affecting said lever.

I do not wish to be confined to the exact construction of the mechanismjust described for giving the spindles G and G an intermittent movement,as it is obvious other mechanism might be employed for this purpose. Theribbonwolind on these spools ma extend directly therefrom to andlongitudinally in front of the cylinder; but I prefer to provide thearms m, which are secured to the racket and project laterally therefromand have their outer ends bent vertically to form guides, in front ofwhich the ribbon passes and between which it is maintained in a straightcourse in front of the cylinder in the proper plane.

Secured to and projecting rearwardly, one from one end of the carrierand the other from the opposite end thereof, are two corresponding barsN, which have their rear ends connected to the upright 12. of aninverted-U- shaped reel-frame, whose lower ends are secured between theextremities of the longitudinal parallel members 0 of a suitable truck,which latter is en ported by grooved wheels 0, that are placed)etween-the said memberso and have their journals p extending laterallinto horizontall -elongated bearing-slots in said side mem ers. Theseslots reduce the friction b permitting the axles of wheels 0 to carry te weight of the frame and in so doing act in the same manner as ordinaryrollerbearin s. These wheels travel on a single track ,which issupported by suitable brackets 88, secured to and projecting rearwardlyfrom the lower portion of the supportingframe A of the machine and areof sufficient length to permit of the travel of the said truck andreel-frame supported thereby back and forth a distance corresponding tothe recip- At the end of rocal movement of the carrier andsimultaneously therewith. i

At a point preferably above the plane of the carrier I journal betweenthe uprights n n a paper-roll Q, and in a suitable lane below the roll,I journal another roll of paper q. These rol s of paper supply themachine with the aper to be Written upon, and as unwound t e paid-outportions extend from said rolls to and between the arallel guiderods r1', whose ends are suita ly secured in standards s, secured to andarising from the horizontal bars N at points near where the latter areattached to the carrier of the machine.

If desired, guide-blocks t may be adjustably mounted on these rods 1' rto guide and prevent lateral movement of the pa er as it passes betweenthem, and these b ocks are secured in their adjusted position bysetscrews T. From therods r r thecontinuous strips of pa er extend toand under the impression-cy inder of the machine and then up around andin front of thesame in the usual manner. After receiving the type irnpression the paper passes up between the guide-plates a andcutting-blade hereinbefore referred to, and when it is desired to tearoff the pa er after it has passed around the cylinder a 1 that thepperatorhas to do is to move the portion of the pa or upon the abovesaid cutting-blade outwar as shown in Figs. and 7, and then tear it offby bringin it in sharp contact with the upper cutting e ge of saidblade.

It is desired that the paper-rolls Q and g be journaled between theuprights n n of the truck-frame in such manner as to be easil removedand replaced. This I accomplish by means which are substantially thesame for both the rolls, which consists of a centeringdisk 2, whosespindle 3 is journaled in the parallel portions of a U -shapedbearingirame 4, secured to one of the uprights n, and whose side 0posite said bearings has a concentric circu ar boss 5 projectingtherefrom, which enters the bore of the hollow core upon which the pa eris rolled. At the opposite end of the rol l I provide a centering-disk6, which is the same as disk 2, but has its position reversed and hasits spindle 7 journaled in parallel bearing-lugs 8, projecting from thecontiguous end of a horizontally-disposed segment 9. This segment ismade integral with a vertically-disposed arm 10, whose lower end ispivoted to the upright n. Arms 10 are ke t normally bearing toward theaper-rolls by means of springs 11, one en of which latter is wound upona stud projecting from the upright it back of the outwardly-offsetportion of said arms and the other end of which bears against a suitablestud projecting inwardly from the inner surface of the said ofi'setportion. The segment 9 is provided with a segmental slot 12, throughwhich a set-screw 13 is tapped into the up thereof and have provideright. By properly mani ulating this screw the disk-bearings carried ythe arm 10 can be secured, moved to, and maintained at the limit of itsmovement toward the paper-roll or in any position to which it ma beadjusted away from the same. In or er to facilitate the handling of thisarm 10' and the bearings carried thereby, I have extended the outwardend of the se mental portion 9 the same with a laterallyrojecting handleor finger-grasp 14.

What claim as new is- 1. In a type-writing machine the combination ofthecarrier and manifold-ribbon spools carried thereby, stationary devicesfor intermitttentl moving said spools, a reel-frame sup orte wit saidcarrier, and means carried by said reel-frame for supporting a roll'ofpaper.

2. In a type-writing machine the combination of the carrier andmanifold-ribbon spools carried thereby, stationary devices forintermittently moving said spools, a reel-frame sup orted independentlyof but movable with said carrier, and means carried by said reel-framefor supporting'two independent rolls of paper.

3. In a type-writing machine the combination of the carrier, typemechanism, inking devices for making the original impression therefrom,manifold-ribbon spools carried by said carrier, stationary devices forintermittently moving said spools, a reel-frame supported independentlyof but movable with said carrier, and means carried by said reelframefor supportingtwo rolls of paper.

4. In a type-writing machine the combination with the carrier and theribbon-spools carried thereby, of a reel-frame su ported independentlyof but movable witfi said carrier, means carried by said reel-frame forremovably supporting a roll of paper, consisting of a stationary centralboss and an oppositely-disposed pivoted boss normally pressing towardthe same.

5. In a type-writing machine the combination with a reciprocal carrier,of a reel-frame supported independently of but movable with saidcarrier, means carried by said reelframe for removably supporting a rollof paper, consisting of a stationary central boss and an oppositely-disosed pivoted boss normally pressing towar the same.

6. In a type-Writing machine the combination with a reciprocal carrier,of a reel-frame suplported independently of but movable wit saidcarrier, means carried by said reelframe for removably su porting aplurality of independent rolls 0 paper, said means consisting of aseries of stationary central bosses mounted on one side of said frameand a corresponding number of oppositely-disposed lpivoted bosses eachnormally pressing towar the stationary boss on the opposite side of saidreel-frame.

independently of but movable .ing,of a series of stationar 7. In a tpe-writing machine the combination with t e carrier, t pe mechanism,inking devices for making t e 011 inal JIIIPI'GSSIOII' therefrom,andmanifold car on devices carried by said carrier, of a reel-framesupported independently of but movable with said carrier, means carriedby said reel-frame for removably supporting a plurality of independentrolls of paper, said means consisting of a series of stationary centralbosses mounted on one side of said frame and a corresponding number of 0positelv-disposed pivotedbosses each normally pressin toward thestationary boss on the opposite side of said reel-firame.

8. In a type-writing machine the combination with the carrier andmanifold-ribbon spools carried thereby, stationary devices forintermittently moving said spools, a reelframe supported independentlyof but movable with said carrier, means carried by said reel-frame forsupporting a roll of paper, and bearings in said means in which saidroll of paper is removably journaled.

9. In a type-writing machine the combination with the carrier andmanifold -ribbon spools carried thereby, stationary devices forintermittently moving said spools, a reelframe supported independentlyof but movable with said carrier, means carried by said reel-frame forsupporting two independent rolls of paper, and. bearings in said meansin which said rolls of paper are ren'iovablyjournaled.

10. In a type-writing machine the combination with the carrier,type-mechanism, inking devices for making the original impressiontherefrom, manifold-ribbon spools carried by said. carrier, stationarydevices for intermittently moving said s ools, a reel-frame su ortedindependently 0 but movable with sa1 carrier, means carried by saidreel-frame for supporting two rolls of pa er and bear ings in said meansin which sair rolls of paper are removably journaled.

11. In a type-writing machine the combination with the carrier, andmanifold-ribbon spools carried thereby, devices for intermittentlymoving said spools, a reel-frame supported independently of but movablewith said carrier, means carried by said reel-frame for removablysupporting a roll of paper, consisting of a stationary central boss, andam ,oppos1telydisposed pivoted boss normally press1n towardthe same.

12, .n a type-writing machine the combination with the carrier andmanifold-ribbon spools, carried thereby, devices for intermittentlymoving said spools, a reel-frame supported independently of but movablewith said carrier means carried by said reel-frame for removablysupporting a plurality of independent rolls of paper, said meansconsistcentral bosses mounted on one side of said mum, and acorresponding number of oppositely-disposed pivoted bosses each normallypressing toward a stationary boss on the opposite side of saidreel-frame.

13. In a type-writing machine, the combination with a stationarysupporting-frame, the reciprocal carrier thereon, and the ink-ribbonspools carried by said carrier, of a truck, reciprocal synchronouslywith said carrier, a reel-frame supported by said truck and comprisingtwo uprights, a stationary bearing connected to one of said uprights anda movable bearin connected to the other upright,

and means or centering a roll of paper comprising centering bossesmounted on said bearings and arranged opposite each other, one of whichis adapted to be moved toward and from the opposite boss.

14. In a type-writing machine, the combination with a stationarysupporting-frame, the reciprocal carrier thereon, and the inkribbonspools carried by said carrier, of a truck, reciprocal synchronouslywith said carrier, a reel-frame supported by and connected to said truckand comprising two uprights, a stationary bearing connected to one ofsaid upri hts and a movable bearing connected to t e other upright, andmeans for centering a roll of paper comprising centering-bosses mountedon said bearings and arranged opposite each other, one of which isadapted to be moved toward and from the opposite boss.

15. In a type-writing machine, the combination with astationarysupporting-frame, the reciprocal carrier thereon, and theinkribbon spools carried by said carrier, of a truck, two uprightssecured to and arising from said truck which are connected to saidcarrier, and means for supporting a roll of paper consisting of astationary bearing connected to one of said uprights, an arm piv oted tothe other of said uprights and bearings connected to and carried by saidarm.

16. In a type-writing machine the combination, with the carrier havingbrackets extending from the ends thereof, manifold-ribbon spools carriedthereby, spindles on which said spools are mounted which are journaledin said brackets, and pawl-and-ratchet devices operatively connected tosaid spindles, of stationary means for actuating said pawland-ratchetdevices, a reel-frame supported independently-of but movable with saidcarrier, and means carried by said reel-frame for supporting a roll ofpaper.

17 L In a type-writing machine the combination with a carrier havinbrackets extending from the ends thereof, manifold-ribbon spools carriedthereby, spindles on which said spools are-mounted which are journaledin said brackets, a ratchet-wheel secured to said spindle, and a leverfulcrumed thereon a pawl pivotally connected to said lever, ofstationary means enga ed by said levers, a reelframe supported 1nependently of but movable with said carrier, and means carried by saidreel-frame for supporting a roll of pa er. 18. The combination With thepapereed carriage of a type-Writin machine; brackets carried therebhavin t eir ends projectin beyond the en s of sai carria e; arlbbon-reemounted on the unsecured en s of said brackets; a ratchet connected toeach reel; and disen ageable awls projecting on opposite ating with saidratchet-disks, whereby the ribbon ma be automatically reeled from eitherof said reels, and coiled upon the other.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 29th day ofNovember, A. D. I5 1904.

ENGLAND J. BARKER. Witnesses:

FRANK D. THOMASON, E. K. LUNDY.

